First, it was not intentional that I do not welcome many of our partners with no websites and LinkedIn profiles to Tekedia Mini-MBA. Let me repeat that you are amazingly appreciated, and I say “WELCOME to Tekedia Institute”. The team sends me the names and I pick some since there are many. This is to thank you for coming to co-share and co-learn with Tekedia Mini-MBA.

But we have a deal here: if you are a corporate member and you have no website, write to our team. They will help you register a domain and also get you a website, at no additional cost. Every year, we buy hosting in bulk and help businesses to get online via Fasmicro Web Hosting.

Yet, no matter what you do, you need to have a website.  The  theme of Tekedia Mini-MBA is “Innovation, Growth & Digital Execution – Techniques for Building Category-King Companies”. The starting point of that Digital Execution is that you must be online.

Again, welcome. Let’s meet in the virtual class on Monday

Good People, join me to welcome Pamtech Group under the leadership of Engr. NDUBUISI CHIDOMERE to Tekedia Institute Mini-MBA which begins June 7. With interests predominantly in the energy and automotive industries, Pamtech’s activities encompass the marketing, transportation and distribution of petroleum products, automotive products and services, logistics and diversified investments.

Welcome to our Institute and thank you for the opportunity to co-learn with your team. Find new markets and advance the mission.

Classes begin June 7 – access to the Board today. Register today if you want to join us.

The Hen Foundation founded by Jamil Eniola, and named as a befitting memorial to his late mother, with the objectives of empowering the needy, has awarded full scholarships to five students to attend Tekedia Mini-MBA which begins on June 7 to end Sept 1, 2021. The Foundation has already offered SEED Awards to these student-innovators for their community projects. We also wish Jamil who celebrates his birthday today, a happy birthday in wealth, wisdom and health, as he serves his community and humanity.

The Foundation has noble aims, to encourage and implement positive change in Nigeria through better and more accessible health care, the achievement of universal education and working towards an empowerment among the underprivileged members of society. Tekedia Institute is honoured to be partnering with the Foundation.

The five scholars joining Tekedia Institute are:

1. Abigael Omeneke Anaka-Mark
2. Oluwasolamidotun Kassim
3. Mubarak Akingboye
4. Benjamin Adegbenro
5. Wonderful Osalor

We congratulate them for their innovations and are very confident that co-learning with us will improve their capabilities to execute on their missions.

Full Press Release

HEN FOUNDATION: SEED AWARD for best 5 students with innovative and unique problem solving ideas

Lagos, 31 May 2021:

The Hen Foundation founded by Jamil Eniola and named as a befitting memorial to his late mother, with the objectives of empowering the needy. The foundation has noble aims, to encourage and implement positive change in Nigeria through better and more accessible health care, the achievement of universal education and working towards an empowerment among the underprivileged members of society.

Apart from Mr. Jamil Eniola’s philanthropic activities in Africa, he has also been a veritable source of hope and succor to the needy in the U.K and was among the first people to come to the aid of victims of the June 14, 2017, Grenfell fire disaster in London.

Over the years, HEN Foundation has reached out to thousands of Nigerians in the wake of various crises. We have worked with schools to improve quality of education, empowered women to make them more independent economically.

Some of our recent humanitarian responses in Nigeria include:

1. Developing primary and secondary school students interest in mathematics by introducing a Math Skill Program across schools in different states of Nigeria.
2. Cancer Screening/awareness exercise for over 2000 women in partnership with the Cancer Research Centre, University of Ibadan and Femi Gbajabiamila Foundation in Surulere, Lagos State and donations of medical equipment to the UI Cancer Screening Centre.
3. Empowerment program for women into Small and Medium Enterprise across Lagos State, Nigeria.
4. Organized Leadership Roundtables plenary session in collaboration with Student Union leaders of University of Ibadan and School Management, theme: “Student Leadership in the 21st century-The critical interface between student government and university administration”

SEED AWARD

In a bid to further accomplish one of our most important goals which is to educate and empower underprivileged members of the society, we came up with the SEED award for the brightest and most innovative students in Nigerian universities who against all odds are trying to bring change to the society by initiating projects that can only be imagined by most people.

S – Students’

E – Enhanced

E – Engagement

D – Development

The selected students for the SEED award were subjected to a fair screening exercise alongside other hundreds of students. The screening was done at different levels and some were dropped as the screening progresses at different stages. The Final 5 selected for the HEN Foundation SEED award who are multi talented students with exemplary innovative projects are:

1. Abigael Omeneke Anaka-Mark
2. Oluwasolamidotun Kassim
3. Mubarak Akingboye
4. Benjamin Adegbenro
5. Wonderful Osalor

It is our belief that this opportunity will further enhance their creativity and create a better environment for them to succeed and also build their network. HEN Foundation plans to make this SEED award a regular scheme and create more entrepreneurs in our society.

These entrepreneurs will create more start up businesses with their unique and innovative minds, and they will employ more citizens which will help to reduce unemployment in Nigeria and also contribute to the country’s GDP.

Mr. Jamil Eniola,

HEN Foundation President

We have a star and a really fast rising startup in our portfolio, from May update: “in our January update, we disclosed ~$2Mn in trade financing unlocked for platform users. This month, an additional $20Mn has been made available through partnerships with commercial bankers and digital lenders and would be made available to support loan-seeking traders on the platform. This enables the platform to expand its financing capabilities as we approach opening the international trade e-terminal for import/export transactions in August.” Destination: ring the bell.

Join us at Tekedia Capital, and have access to some of the most amazing startups, operating in continental Africa. And if you do, you will read the full update of this startup I quoted above.

Tekedia Capital offers a specialty investment vehicle (or investment syndicate) which makes it possible for citizens, groups and organizations to co-invest in innovative startups and young companies in Africa and around the world. Capital from these investing entities are pooled together and then invested in a specific company or companies.

We invest in mainly technology-anchored companies and are sector-agnostic which means those companies could be operating in any industry, including finance, real estate, education, health, logistics, etc. The opportunity is open for individuals in Africa, Africans in diasporas, global citizens in any place in the world, investment groups and organizations around the world.